Archive | Local Action

This site and associated social media streams are provided by a small, non-aligned community group committed to clean, transparent & honest local government. Here in the beautiful NSW Central Coast we have an opportunity to use this largely-unwanted council amalgamation as a template for meaningful reform in local government. The Community Plan for the Central […]

My property lies between the mangroves of Cockle Bay and Bouddi National Park, bordering the park. Like the rest of Empire Bay, we have been plagued with mosquitos and had tried every control method, including ultraviolet light and LPG-fueled carbon-dioxide traps. The gas traps worked and kept a small area relatively free while they operated, […]

Great news folks! The Empire Bay & Districts Roads Action Group, initiated by Leeanne Olsen and me, has been a great success. We’ve facilitated community meetings on the past two Tuesdays at which 70 and 90 local residents attended respectively. At the second meeting, which was embedded into the Empire Bay Progress Association’s bi-monthly meeting, […]

Scope of Meeting: The community meeting held on Tuesday, August 9, was organised and facilitated by EBDRAG founder, Gregory John Olsen and his wife, Leeanne Tyler-Olsen, who are residents of Empire Bay and members of the Empire Bay Progress Association. They were responding to their own observations and a request by the former EBPA President, […]

A quick look at the Google map of the area of Empire Bay north of Empire Bay Drive: will reveal that 100% of the traffic entering and exiting that area travels along Greenfield Rd. At the intersection of Greenfield Rd and Rickard Rd traffic must turn either left or right, probably in a two to […]